NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL

YESHWANTHPUR, BANGALORE
TERM 1 PERIODIC TEST 1 2021- 22
SUBJECT: PHYSICS

Class: 7 Max.Marks: 30
Date: 27 /07/2021 Time: 1 hour
No. of pages: 03
General Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory. The question paper consists of 20 questions.
2. Questions 1 to 5 are multiple choice questions. Each carries 1 mark.
3. Questions 6 to 9 are fill in the blanks. Each carries 1 mark.
4. Questions 10 to 12 are true or false. Each carries 1 mark.
5. Questions 13 to 15 are very short answer type questions. Answer in one or two words.
Each carries 1 mark.
6. Questions 16 &17 are short answer type questions. Answer in one or two sentences.
Each carries 2 marks.
7. Question 18& 19 are short answer type questions. Answer in two or three sentences.
Each carries 3 marks.
8. Question 20 carries 5 marks.
Choose and write the correct answer.

1. The accurate measurement of area is required in the job of a

(a)carpenter (b) goldsmith (c) blacksmith (d) none of these

2. The liquids are generally sold by

(a) mass (b) volume (c) area (d) both mass and volume

3. The square board of side 8 cm has an area of:

(a) 64 cm2 (b) 55 cm2 (c) 36 cm2 (d) 38 cm2

4. A metallic piece displaces water of volume 15 ml. The volume of the piece is
(a) 15 cm3 (b) 15 m3 (c) 15 x 10 cm3 (d) 15 x103 cm

5. The sub multiple of one litre is

(a) millilitre (b) centimetre (c) kilometre (d) millimetre

Fill in the blanks.

6. The amount of surface occupied by an object or a place is____________.

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7. The area of a flat triangular cardboard is given by the formula ___________.

8. A jar provided with spout to find the volume of irregular solids is ___________.

9. The apparatus used to measure very accurately the volume of a liquid between 1 ml to 50 ml
is_________________

Write true or false for the following statements.

10. Equal volumes of two different substances have equal masses.

11. The area of rose leaf can be found by using a graph paper.

12. One are is the surface area of a square whose each side is equal to 100 m.

Answer the questions in one or two words.

13. Name the liquid that does not wet the sides of a graduated cylinder.

14. How many millilitres are contained in

(i) 1 m3 (ii) 1 litre

15. State the standard international unit of area.

Answer the questions in one or two sentences.

16. What do you understand by the term volume of a substance? State its SI unit.

17. Redraw the given figures and label the exposed surface for the liquids filled in the given measuring
cylinders (a) & (b).

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Answer the questions in two or three sentences.

18. (i) Amit dipped a stone tied with a string in a measuring cylinder filled with water. If the initial level
of water was 56 ml and after dipping the stone final level of water was 78 ml, find the volume of
the stone.
(ii) Convert as directed
(a) 1 hectare = ______ are (b) 1 km2 = _______ hectare

19. (i) A wooden cylinder of length 14 cm has a diameter of 8 cm. What is the volume of the cylinder?
(ii) Define the unit in which the volume of matchbox is generally measured.

Answer the given question.

20. Describe with a neat diagram, the method in steps to find the area of an irregular lamina
using a graph paper.

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